Dragons Heart - Chapter 9

The throne room was immediately turned into a charred battleground as Rose was pushed to defense while Takeo viciously attacked her. Despite her many attempts to fight back, Takeo’s power reduced her to a ragdoll, big thrown around but Takeo’s savage attacks. Melanie watched helplessly as she couldn’t do anything to help. “I-Incredible, to think you had this much Sealed Dragunov, you’re… one s-s-special kid, you kno-” but before she could finished, Takeo slammed her to the wall, with his hand clenched around her neck. “Shut…up”, Takeo managed to speak. “I..am going to…kill you, I’m going to incinerate you, this castle, and this kingdom, all down to ashes”, He said with a distorted, echoed voice. Rose couldn’t say anything due to how tight his grip was on her neck. Takeo then grew a evil smile. Rose managed to utter the words, “I…was…helping you…awake your…Draconian side, I didn’t…mean what…I said”. This, however, made Takeo far more enraged. “Why”, he asked, “Why would you that?!”. “Please, I’m…sorry, don’t kill…me”, Rose pleaded. Takeo cocked his hand back, engulfing it in flames, “Sorry won’t save you from death”, he said. As Takeo advanced to finish her, Rose said, “Don’t…let it…control you, weren’t you…raise…to…be…like a Draco-Valorian?”. The moment she said that, Takeo stopped. Takeo was once again sent to his inner world. There, he heard the last statue, the Mighty Western dragon statue, say, “this isn’t you”. Takeo, still enraged, barked, “shut up, stay out of my way”. The statue then said, “are you gonna to kill her and become a monster, a demon?”. Takeo stopped and thought. Slowly, the darkness that was swallowing him started to fade. Eclipsor came up and yelled, “Don’t interfere, Volcanius”. Takeo, surprised to hear the statue’s true name, said, “Volcanius”. The statue then said, “you’ll have to do more than just say my name”. Takeo asked, “what do I need to do then?”. “Remember the things you’re fighting for and remember why you chose to accept being a Dragonkin, only when you remember these and accept the hardships and strife that comes with I will emerge”, the statue said. Eclipsor interrupted and said, “don’t listen to him, don’t you want end that lady’s life?!”. “Shut up, Eclipsor”, Takeo said, “he’s right, this isn’t me, I shouldn’t act like this, I almost lost sight of what was important to me”. Eclipsor began to slowly fade away, “Fine, do what you will, but just know this, whenever your spirit wavers and your rage begins to swell, I’ll be there to take over” he said before disappearing. Takeo began to calm the raging flame that encircled his heart, and the statue began to crack and shatter, releasing Volcanius, the embodiment of Takeo’s Draco-Valorian heritage. Volcanius had hair very similar to to Takeo’s, except two long strands extended up and back from his head, and his sideburns were longer. He wore a sleeveless trench coat that was torn at the bottom. He had fingerless gloves that went to the forearm. He also wore black pants and boots. Takeo then said, “so you’re Volcanius?”. “Yup”, Volcanius replied, “I represent all the good in you”. Volcanius dusted himself off and said, “now that you released me, I can grant you the first level of a Draco-Valorian, Dragonic Awakening”. “Dragonic Awakening?”, Takeo asked. Volcanius nodded and said, “observe”. He held out his hand and Takeo started glowing. Suddenly, Takeo exploded in fiery energy. His hair spread out and got spikier. His hair got a red tint to it. He grew two, long dragon horns that extended back from his head. He also developed dragon scales on the sides of his face, the backs of his arms, and his legs. He grew claws on his hands and feet. “Whoa” , Takeo said, shocked by his sudden boost in power. “This is the first level of a Draco-Valorian, Dragonic Awakening, it feels amazing”, he exclaimed. While Takeo was getting use to his newfound power, Volcanius sensed something happening in Takeo’s home town. “Takeo, you need to leave and go back to your home, quickly” , Volcanius said. Takeo stopped what he was doing and said, “Why, what’s wrong?!”. Volcanius waved his hand in front of Takeo and said, “no time, go”. Takeo was sent back to the surface. Rose and Melanie were talking when Takeo got up. “Is something happening, Rose?”, he said when he arose. Rose looked at him and said, “what do you mean?”. Just then one of Rose’s men ran in and gave Rose a message. The soldier then said, “its a message from our men in the human realm, ma’am” then ran out. Rose opened it and read it. Her eyes then widen and she gasped. “Impossible” , she uttered, “it can’t be him, he’s back?!”. She then got up and bolted out the room. Takeo and Melanie ran after her.